Tag: transform

Removing These Barriers to Love.

When I was a young girl, I thought the Moon was in love with the Earth, that he would visit upon her every evening sharing the last of his light to provide warmth in her slumber.

Love is meant to heal; to offer safety and renewal. It is intended to inspire the source of our strength, to eliminate any castings of doubt. But, more so – it is selfless. Why?

Because, we are love. Though sadly, our confusion manifests in this earthly form – the boundaries of body limiting the essence of soul.

In the Vedic tradition, form is indistinguishable from this essence. Though a watch is formed from gold, it never loses its fundamental radiance.
Though we may attach to this label of ‘I’, we can not change the basis of our being.

We are born boundless manifestations of love, obscured only through thought of mind.

And leaving just one simple task, my friends. As the poet Rumi once shared, to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

In peace…

Namaste ❤️

In Finding Freedom.

When I first entered mindfulness training, I approached it as a means to ‘end my suffering.’ I wanted to be free of debilitating emotions – fear, loneliness, anger, unrest.

So much so, that these emotions became the center point of my focus. In doing so, I allowed them the space to deepen their roots.

“What you pay attention to grows,” shares Geneen Roth. And, it’s true.

Though, quite certainly inadvertent – still, we sacrifice our freedom for yet another spiritual chain. Thus, further bound by that which we are trying so desperate to escape.

And then one day I realized – there is no ‘escape’ from the suffering we experience. Rather, we must learn to look into and ultimately transform the energy of our pain.

As Thich Nhat Hanh teaches: without suffering, there can be no happiness. So we mustn’t be so discriminatory against the ‘mud’, rather we must learn to embrace with a soul-filling tenderness.

In time, perhaps we may successfully transition – from the role of ‘willful actor’ to that of ‘mindful observer.’

“What can we do transform our deep-rooted seeds of suffering?” he asks.

We may open to their lesson, instead of being limited by it.

A little something to consider, my friends…

With blessings of peace and love…

Namaste ❤️